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[catgenetics]

Hi so I'm trying to come up with an AU where Firestart is Pinestarts grandkid. I'm really liking the idea of Firestars mom being something like a Tortishell Maine Coon and Jake being a Somali or Abyssian. How would Firestar look like with them as parents? Would something like a Ticked Somaly or Abyssian be possible?

Hi!

Somalis and Abyssinians have that distinct color and pattern from two sets of polygenes - one set controls the amount of striping on the legs, neck, and tail, and the other is our good friend the rufousing (redness) polygenes.

Somalis and Abyssinians are bred to have as little striping and as high rufousing as possible. Crosses of these breeds will generally have the leg, tail and neck striping - though maybe not as much as a moggy, and rufousing that is higher than average, but not as high as the intense red undercoat of Somalis and Abys.

You can get around that second bit somewhat. by having Nutmeg have pretty high rufousing, like this.

That’ll give Firestar a better chance for even higher rufousing, though he’d still probably be at the low end of the Abyssinian range, something like this. Whether that’s Fire- material is up for you to decide.

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